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[Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Austin Miles Incipit: 51234 33212 57123 Used With Text: All Will Come Right

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All Will Come Right

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread Refrain First Line: Sing of the sunshine Lyrics: 1 Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread; Thorns by the wayside and pitfalls ahead. Sing of God’s sunshine, from morning till night— Sing it, believe it—that all will come right! Refrain: Sing of the sunshine, Let in the light; Somewhere, and sometime, It all will come right. 2 Sing till God’s sunshine is flooding the heart; Sing till the shadows of care all depart; Sing till our comrades take part in the song; Singing and trusting the whole way along! [Refrain] 3 Sing of the sunshine life’s clouds cannot hide, If we keep faith in a Christ crucified, Blessed soul-sunshine that brightens the road While the heart’s singing of gladness and God. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread]

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All Will Come Right

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: New Songs of the Gospel No. 2 #20 (1905) First Line: Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread Refrain First Line: Sing of the sunshine Lyrics: 1 Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread; Thorns by the wayside and pitfalls ahead. Sing of God’s sunshine, from morning till night— Sing it, believe it—that all will come right! Refrain: Sing of the sunshine, Let in the light; Somewhere, and sometime, It all will come right. 2 Sing till God’s sunshine is flooding the heart; Sing till the shadows of care all depart; Sing till our comrades take part in the song; Singing and trusting the whole way along! [Refrain] 3 Sing of the sunshine life’s clouds cannot hide, If we keep faith in a Christ crucified, Blessed soul-sunshine that brightens the road While the heart’s singing of gladness and God. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread]
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All Will Come Right

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: The Gospel Message No. 2 #48 (1912) First Line: Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread Refrain First Line: Sing of the sunshine Languages: English Tune Title: [Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread]
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All Will Come Right

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) #116 (1908) First Line: Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread Refrain First Line: Sing of the sunshine Topics: Heaven; Sunshine Song Languages: English Tune Title: [Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread]

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C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Composer of "[Roads steep and stony our feet find to tread]" in New Songs of the Gospel No. 2 Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "All Will Come Right" in New Songs of the Gospel No. 2 Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================